Alok Kumar Verma takes charge as new Delhi Police commissioner

Senior IPS officer Alok Kumar Verma took charge as the new commissioner of Delhi Police on Monday.

The move comes as the force is facing criticism over its handling of the JNU sedition row.

Verma (58) succeeded BS Bassi, who was at loggerheads with the AAP government on a range of issues in the last one year, to become the 20th police commissioner of the force with a strength of over 80,000 personnel.